Guild Wars 2

14" monitor, IMO, is too small to play games. M15x is better and overall standard alienware machine bought.

I would go for the M15x or G75vx (asus)

There is a gate (POI – Desert Gate) in Felds of Ruin that is guarded. It is highly possible that it will open up in future expansions.

Since guesting is now active I can join up to help others; run dungeons, DEs, etc. Hit me up on the guild chat tab in GW2.

See you online peeps!

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This was taken from another thread, which I quoted.

ColinJohanson.2394:

That being said, we’re trying to offset some of that random chance by implementing systems like our new laurel system (and other additions down the road) to help give players more opportunities to earn specific rewards as well over time. This gives the capacity for those exciting “jackpot” moments of getting a big reward, while also helping provide a more clear long term timeline when you can earn the same reward for those who don’t hit the moment-to-moment jackpot since for those who are extremely unlucky, it can be very frustrating.

So, in other words, DR bugged RNG and ANet couldn’t fix it or didn’t want to fix it, and instead opted to add new systems such as Laurels to offset this bugged feature (DR)?

2)

We can officially confirm this as an X-files level conspiracy at this point.

Time for a new thread – The X-files: share your NDEs with DR.

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Killed few vets/champs and all I got was junk, scraps or low level jumk. Nothing more insulting than getting a porous bone from a champion I tell ya.

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Got a yellow from harvesting though. Took me +5 minutes to stop laughing because this happend after killing the champ.

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Colin Johanson. I (we) appreciate the work ANet has done with regards to this, however, the only logical solution to this debacle would be to remove DR code for a certain period so that players can respond back with their “perceived” loot findings. Otherwise, we’ll keep on running in circles. This is my opinion and one which seems to be shared with others. Is it that hard to remove the DR code? Or you don’t want to?

I got a level 80 Ele that since then has acquired 300+ trait points.

I would have liked the cap to be lv100, however only for the character and not items/tiers. This would most likely result in these also needing to be upscaled, therefore…

NO

Ok lets assume that everyone gets all of the end-game goals…what happens next?

I’ll tell you what happend next…

-> Next game please.

- Log in and out of GW2 game 100 times: “Peek-a-boo, I see you.”

- Solo a dragon event: “The lonely hero.”

- Kill an ANet representative in WvW: “The noobmeister.”

- Die 20 times in PvE: “I am RISEN!”

- Finish a dungeon without taking damage: “The proelitemaster.”

Elthurien.8356:

I’m Australian and had no problem getting the daily done. I didn’t even have to try, it just happened naturally while I was gaming

I love it when the natural order of evolution…occurs naturally.

I’m from AUS as well and had no problem.

Get into large group fights and dodg away – based on probability you should get it much quicker.

You get the trolls, the feros (fake heros), BS artists, the Wiki-CAC’s (Ctrl+Alt+C), my-way-or-highway kinda peeps, the noobs, the pros, the under-oath-truth tellers, and the rest of miscellaneous kind.

Forums are fourms…

ColinJohanson.2394:

That being said, we’re trying to offset some of that random chance by implementing systems like our new laurel system (and other additions down the road) to help give players more opportunities to earn specific rewards as well over time. This gives the capacity for those exciting “jackpot” moments of getting a big reward, while also helping provide a more clear long term timeline when you can earn the same reward for those who don’t hit the moment-to-moment jackpot since for those who are extremely unlucky, it can be very frustrating.

So, in other words, DR bugged RNG and ANet couldn’t fix it or didn’t want to fix it, and instead opted to add Laurels to offset this bugged feature (DR)?

It is not hard to find some online buddies via this game. All it takes is…wait for it….’hey mate you wanna do this on a more frequent basis?

The problem is, majority of players prefer not to engange in finding online buddies. What ever the reason may be, there is plenty of group-based activities within this game.

Those who have came here to complain have spend more time doing so than changing the password.

Yes I can concur. I have not doen this event, however, several other preevents are running.

Thanks ANet. Appreciate it.

This is my take on what I do with items based on particular rarity:

White – Salvage
Blue – Sell to Vendor
Green – Sell to Vendor, or, to TP if profit higher (but this rarely happens)
Yellow – Salvage for ectos, contenplate whether to sell in TP (if profit good)
Orange – Sell to TP or salvage for ectos (hardly keep any unless this will be part of my fial gear).

The risk vs. Reward is simple based on what I generally do with my items:

- Killing normal mobs (minimum white)
- Killing Veterans (minimum green)
- Killing Champions (minimum yellow)

Killing vet/champ from DEs should also yield better RNG towards yellow/orange than in general case. Furthermore the RNG should be scaled base don the mobs level – higher level better RNG towards yellow/orange tier items.

John Smith.4610:

Actually about 15% of the population finds making money very fun, irrelevant of the uses of that money. Ever gotten unnecessarily rich in a single player RPG like Skyrim?

Before I begin my rebuttal of this statement I need some clarification:

1) ‘Population’ as in this games population or real world population?

2) What do you mean by making money is fun?

3) That percentage value is based on your work alone or by collating other work as well?

- Get weapon precursor from mystic forge: “You got served!”

- Fall to death with over 100M damage: “Not even a scratch.”

- Get killed by a risen chicken: “Humiliating defeat!.”

- Kill a friendly NPC: “1800-MR-GLITCH”

- Have no money in your account: “Pay poor tax of 100%.”

Woow dude, over 550G and no precursor? Sounds about right.

Valandil Dragonhart.2371:

Death Reincarnated.3570:

- -1 exotic (it’s not a typo)

How do you get -1 exotic (that’s minus 1), if as you said, it’s not a typo?

Chest drop pic incoming…

I was simply trying to vent my frustration with the poor loot I have been receiving; didn’t want anyone to correct me based on bad grammar.

Might as well make this category (exotics) non existant for me.

P.S. Thank you for the chest image. It looks like the corpse might cover it initially?

I don’t see an issue with the revamped daily quest, and it doesn’t take me longer than before.

Dodge is part of GW2 core gameplay mechanic and a tactical manouver to prevent the enemies attack from hitting. Also, it is to make the gamer engange the game more actively rather than spam attack/defense buttons – like traditional games of this genre have done before.

I reckon karma should be used to buy precursor materials or weapons themself, rather than relying purely on the RNG from the loot.

Two things I can suggest:

1) Wait for luck to drop one.

2) Convert your stuff and focus on another legendary.

Agreed. Risk and Reward should be balanced. At the moment it is skewed.

Giving each participating player at least one rare, with the possibility of a exotic, will not crash your economy, but will make the gamers more happy due to the risk they took and reward they got.

Went to Orr yesterday for an hour.

- 10+ whites
- 6 blues
- 0 greens
- 1 rare (an orb from mining, sigh)
- -1 exotic (it’s not a typo)
- 36 bones
- 10-12 crafting/salvagable materials
- about 1/4-1/3 nothing

Oh and not even one of those chests dropping from mobs. I have no idea how this looks on the mob – share a pic?

So from the looks of it, this patch has not improved my loot….uuuuu Star Craft 2 has dropped in price

Sif kill 1000 giants….whoever thought of this needs a slap in the face.

There simply isn’t enough of them to make this a viable achievement.

/FF

1) Remove DR and drastically improve RNG.
2) Remove gold/gem fluctuation and adjust TP so there is less incentive to use it.
3) Fire most staff to offset lower profit due to 1) and 2).

@Melana.8345 & Stephane Lo Presti

Thanks, this clarifies it well.

Sounds like people hate dodge daily as well? How hard can this be…seriously

i) Ettin – dodge before he pounds it ground.
ii) Vet. Oakenheart – dodge before it pounds the ground.
iii) Minotaur – dodge before it rams you.
iv) Troll – dodge before the ceeling falls on you.
v) Dredge – dodge before he shoot you.

There is one thing that makes me wonder though. I am an elementalist and if I use ‘Lightning Surge’ or ‘Gust’ during the mobs attack will that count towards a dodge? Just curious…

^^^ LOL I reckon. Whats next? Run/walk 1km in game…ohhh for kitten sake, now the game is forcing me to move?

I’m enjoying the change up, and it’s something different each day.

So now we need a guide on how to do the daily as quickly as possible? What is the world coming to…

@ OP

Seriously? IT’S A KITTEN MMO!!! Player/player interaction is what makes it an MMO and bound to happen throughout. Furthermore, your suggetion implies that you do not wish to part-take in group activities, especially those at the core level, which this game is full of!

/FF

Thnx for the help guys.

@ wildcode.5403 I know they should not be visible unless you have not uncovered the area, however, when exploring zones for the first time you could uncover the area and not go to the waypoint; which would show up on the map as a hollow square. The issue I’m having, and whether this is a bug, is that the entire map (apparently) is uncovered, yet these two do not show up on the map!

I know it’s not a biggie, but, still, the map should have them on as hollow squares if you have not been to them lol.

No.

The new daily method gives more variety to gameplay. The previous one was simple and boring. As long as the tasks are do not take longer than before and inline with normal gameplay then ANet has improved and made this goal more exciting.

Mark Katzbach.9084:

Please report posts that violate the forum code of conduct (the little flag in the bottom right) to bring them to the attention of the moderation team. If you feel you are being attacked or a player is attacking others, please do report, as the moderators cannot be everywhere all the time.

Just out of curiosity. Can we report ANet representative? I’m certain it will have little to no effect though lol.

Aproposs Of Fire.4056:

Patch Notes

• In PvE, if a player is awarded loot by killing a creature and the loot is of uncommon rarity or higher, a chest will appear that contains the loot that would previously have been on the corpse. If the rarity of the loot on the creature is lower than uncommon, the loot will remain on the creature’s corpse.

ANet: Based upon my experience and that of other posters here, it appears the PvE Loot Chests are not working as intended. Would you please look at and if at all possible fix this – also, I can’t help but wonder if the chests are being missed. An update to make these chests more obvious might be needed?

Also – Should we expect all blues + higher; &/or all greens + higher; &/or what in the loot chests? All my blues and 1 green were all looted from the mob corpse and I didn’t see any loot chests at all. I used the Alt key for most of my kills to make sure I wasn’t missing chests.

Drew.1865:

It seems the issue I was having with drops has been resolved with this patch so far. I feel much better and I hope it continues.

This is good news, Drew, but lets give it a few days to see if Diminishing Returns triggers on you and reduces your drops again. Also – please let us know what your experience is with the PvE loot chests.

Has anyone found a rare or exotic in a PvE loot chest at all?

A final note for this post: The patch notes indicated nothing about Champs/Vets being changed and I can confirm from my personal experience that at least Vets are still dropping nothing.

I think what they have done here is add another piece of code based on the RNG. Make the ratio (i.e. RNG) between junk and not (i.e. chest) better towards the non-junk item. This means that your chance of getting something of higher rarity has now improved when compared to before. This is the simplest method, because instead of changing code more, you are essentially adding another IF that encapsulates the already written code.

Then give this code a pretty face (i.e. a chest) and run the RNG within it to give an item from blue rarity upwards.

Simple and effective, but I wish the minimum rarity within the chest was green…not blue.

Melana.8345:

Try checking your system timezone…it might be showing what looks to be the right date/time, but with the wrong timezone setting it’d be completely off when compared to any fully specified datetime.

e.g. I’m in Melbourne Australia, my current timezone is GMT+11. If you had your clock set to a US date/time with an Australian timezone, it’d look correct because the display doesn’t show timezone normally…but the full time would actually be something like 16-19 hours out (ahead of when it actually was – you’d see tomorrows stuff today).

Wait hold on. I have my local time set on the game screen. You sugesting I have it changed to be inline with the servers? If that is ttrue then I CALL BOLLOCKS!!!

The combo killer would have worked more effectively if that silly 20% chance of it happening was instead 100%. It resulted in many players beleiving it is broken.

Combo killer, should be based on having to use two different attacks which create an overall different effect whilst killing the mob. Currently the most sucessful outcomes are when an elementalist is part of the equation. Furthermore the combos have a limited combination number, however, many more attacks can be combined to create a combo kill.

So overall, the issue surfaced due to lack of suffcient combinations and low outcome percentage of 20%.

“Uncontested waypoints have been added to Cursed Shore and Straits of Devastation. Players that have already achieved map completion will retain it without having to discover these new waypoints.”

Either I am blind, or, I cannot see these when I view the map. I have not claimed these waypoints yet, however, they should still be visible right?

Can someone please confirm?

Cheers,

D_R

When something gets nerfed it (usually) means that the gameplay was legit (i.e. not exploited), however, due to its popularity it may result in negatively affecting the TP/economy.

Hence, why no-one got banned anmd instead it got nerfed.

Although this has worked in theory, in practise players failed to make it work.

I wonder what it will be replaced with?

…and the topic is weaving its way to the troll territory.

OP, glad you like the game, however, this thread is full of TROLL WIN!

ANet, please close it.

Kain.9127:

I dont know why they dont have open test servers. They obviously can’t test their releases properly on their own.

That may be true. However, a better resolve would be, IMO, if ANet developers actually played this game often enough. If they cannot afford test servers then individuals should be continuously participating in this game.

This was an expected outcome. However, as rocky.8602 pointed out above, the champion should not be there – the reward is not worth the risk.

They probably didn’t make it account bound because players would exploit this. Dailys don’t take much time to do, in general. Players can make a character, do the daily, get reward, delete character and rinse’n’repeat.

Now you see why this is not a good idea.

Some of the players within this thread just cannot be satisfied.

Seriously…

ANet has provided more variety with the dailes. Sure some may be buggy, but overall most are simple things you do within this game yet are not tedious/gridning, provided you know how to minimize the effort/time.

Underwater combat – how hard is it to kill x ammount of enemies underwater?
Crafting – how hard is it to refine 10 items?
Revive – how hard is it to let an NPC die x ammount of time and revie it?

Seriously x2…

Also, the rotation WILL BE added at a later time.

Seriously x3…

/FF

So has the patch fixed this? I haven’t had the time to trail this yet.

Anyone?

In my opinion, there is too much incentive to use the TP so that one can progress with their game goals. The below quote has merit and puts my opinion well in perspective.

Varkronn.9783:

Gold being the be-all and end-all of a fantasy game is an utterly abysmal system. It is a fantasy game for God’s sake, people are sick to death of the controlling nature of money on life let alone in an escapist world.You constructed a world with the freedom to envision it as you liked and somehow you managed to make it as shackle snaring and mundane as real life.

Well prices are slowly falling. The patch is what made the market change up.

They make Superior Rune of Undead – http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Superior_Rune_of_the_Undead

And my Ele loves it because of this (especially 6th):

Superior Rune of the Undead
(1): +28 Condition Damage
(2): +15 Toughness
(3): +55 Condition Damage
(4): +35 Toughness
(5): +100 Condition Damage
(6): 5% of Toughness becomes Condition Damage

I have another 5 or 6 spares to make more of these runes – if I get other armor.

P.S. I run Power/Toughness/Condition.

May I suggest, as per Aproposs Of Fire.4056 above post, that each one of us runs Cursed Shore for an hour when you first log on and for three days in a row? Post your statistics.

I am intereseted in the ration between junk/nothing and not; i.e does it increase at the end of the hour, what is the overall ratio etc.

They pray to Chuck Norris.